Were

/wə(ɹ)/

Synonyms for "were" (6 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Verb(2 words)

Strong matches (1)

Verb(1 words)

Related words (3)

Noun(1 words)
Verb(2 words)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

4 entries
auxiliary verblinking verbmood formsubjunctive mood

More specific

3 entries
conditional moodpast subjunctivepast tense form

Collocations

5 entries
were ablewere goingwere notwere supposed towere there

Inflections

4 entries

Derivations

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Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Humans were never meant to live forever.

Source: tatoeba (1376)

I was wondering if you were going to show up today.

Source: tatoeba (1464)

In the 1950's, the Finns were cited as having one of the least healthy diets in the world.

Source: tatoeba (1534)

Oh, my white pants! And they were new.

Source: tatoeba (1553)

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